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Auction archive: Lot number 38

An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: The arrival of Sam in the mountains to seek Zal, brought forth by the Simurgh, Persia, Qazwin, Safavid, last quarter 16th century

Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$12,162 - US$18,244
Price realised:
£25,400
ca. US$30,893
Auction archive: Lot number 38

An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: The arrival of Sam in the mountains to seek Zal, brought forth by the Simurgh, Persia, Qazwin, Safavid, last quarter 16th century

Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$12,162 - US$18,244
Price realised:
£25,400
ca. US$30,893
Beschreibung:

gouache and ink heightened with gold on paper, 4 lines to the page above and below the painting written in nasta'liq in black ink within 4 columns, ruled in gold, red and black, recto with 25 lines to the page in black nasta'liq
painting: 29.5 by 18.6cm.leaf: 35.6 by 23.9cm.

Auction archive: Lot number 38
Auction:
Datum:
25 Oct 2023
Auction house:
Sotheby's
34-35 New Bond St.
London, W1A 2AA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7293 5000
+44 (0)20 7293 5989
Beschreibung:

gouache and ink heightened with gold on paper, 4 lines to the page above and below the painting written in nasta'liq in black ink within 4 columns, ruled in gold, red and black, recto with 25 lines to the page in black nasta'liq
painting: 29.5 by 18.6cm.leaf: 35.6 by 23.9cm.

Auction archive: Lot number 38
Auction:
Datum:
25 Oct 2023
Auction house:
Sotheby's
34-35 New Bond St.
London, W1A 2AA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7293 5000
+44 (0)20 7293 5989
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